Sydney Zatz

5 days ago | valleynewslive.com | Sydney Zatz

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (Valley News Live) - For one Minnesota State Patrol Cadet, his journey to a trooper began at the same time as a life-changing diagnosis. Cadet Brent Kondziolka comes to the state patrol from the Bemidji area. His state patrol journey is different than some of his fellow cadets. “Everyone on my mom’s side of the family has had this colon cancer.

1 week ago | valleynewslive.com | Sydney Zatz

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (Valley News Live) - Some say it’s the hardest thing they’ve ever done, both physically and mentally, the Minnesota State Patrol Academy. The academy is a 14-week-long boot camp training the troopers you see on the road every day. This year, there are 42 cadets going through the academy. They live at the Minnesota National Guard’s Camp Ripley in Little Falls, where they do several hours of physical activity on top of hours of training every day.

1 week ago | kfyrtv.com | Sydney Zatz

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A former Fargo businessman has been sentenced after leading a cocaine distribution enterprise in the Fargo-Moorhead area for nearly four years. According to the United States Department of Justice, 52-year-old Barrett Clair Prody of Fort Lauderdale, Florida was sentenced to 190 months, or, about 16 years behind federal prison bars. His sentence will be followed by five years of supervised release. He will also need to pay a $300 special assessment fee.

2 weeks ago | valleynewslive.com | Sydney Zatz

WAHPETON, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The Wahpeton Fire Department needs 45 firefighters to run at full operation. Like other departments, it’s facing some staffing challenges, but it wasn’t always this way. The department has been around since the 1880s. Right now it has 36 members, making it nine people down. “Recruitment is more difficult right now. I have the same answer as everybody else, nobody knows. No one wants to volunteer and do those things anymore.

2 weeks ago | valleynewslive.com | Sydney Zatz

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Captain Chris Helmick worked his final shift at the Fargo Police Department after serving the community for more than two decades. Since joining FPD in 2001, the department says Helmick has been a “committed public servant, taking on key leadership roles that helped shape both his career and our department.”Over the years, Helmick helped found Fargo Police’s Crowd Management Team and the start-up of police operations at the airport.